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For many people, the pope is still, to a certain extent, a positive role model and a moral force, although others feel that this aspect has suffered greatly.

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I don’t cling to earthly life because I believe in eternal life. That’s the big distinction between my point of view and a purely secular position.
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Forever Life Myself Point Position
If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors.
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That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.
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In the last resort, a love of God without love of humanity is no love at all.
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But I have to add – and this answers your other question – this catholicity in time and in space is only meaningful for me if there is, at the same time, a concentration on the Gospel.
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There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions.
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Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
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After two world wars, the collapse of fascism, nazism, communism and colonialism and the end of the cold war, humanity has entered a new phase of its history.
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For many people, the pope is still, to a certain extent, a positive role model and a moral force, although others feel that this aspect has suffered greatly.
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There will be no peace among the nations without peace among the religions. There will be no peace among the religions without dialogue among the religions.
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Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.
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Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia – even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
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At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.
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I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
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The Gospel has to be the norm.
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We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.
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